Caddo sheriff's investigators said the guns were taken from the firearms wholesaler's warehouse a few at a time between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

The theft was discovered after two pistols seized during a traffic stop in Bienville Parish this week were traced back to the gun dealer.

Federal agents and police in Shreveport and Bossier City joined the investigation and found three more. One had been pawned and two more had been seized by Shreveport police for having the serial numbers obliterated.

Warehouse employees Dexter Ford and John Simmons of Shreveport, Robert Ray of Keithville and Charles Delaney of Bossier City were booked Tuesday on charges of theft of firearms.

Two other men -- Demario Mitchell and Gregory Schafer, both of Shreveport -- were arrested earlier on charges of possession of a stolen firearm.

Sheriff's deputies are asking anyone who bought one of the stolen weapons to turn them in. No questions will be asked, they said.

The stolen weapons are worth an estimated $36,000, investigators said.

it's the guns' fault. if those evil guns weren't in the warehouse, they couldn't have been stolen and sold on the street. now those evil guns are running around killing children. the theives are just more victoms of the evil guns.